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Supermanhas accomplished incredible feat over his 80 - plus class funny discography , yet it wait like his boy , Jon Kent , is aiming to outdo his former man once and for all by accomplishing something no Kryptonian has ever done before : Kryptonite granting immunity . With DC teasing this bold new development , fans ca n’t help but enquire how it will remold the power hierarchy of DC ’s Kryptonians .
Jon Kent may accomplish something that even Superman , after decades of heroism , has not been able to do .
Paul Kaminski , DC Comics ’ mathematical group editor , lately partake with Voice Film some exciting detail about Dan Slott , Rafael Albuquerque , and Marcelo Maiolo’supcomingSuperman Unlimitedseries , in particular regarding Jon Kent ’s role .
go beyond simply confirming that Jon will have a substantial part in the series , Kaminski let out that the hero will undergo tight education to overcome his vulnerability to Kryptonite . This argument almost sounds too fantastical , even for a laughable book setting , given that if there is one invariant across Superman and Super - Family traditional knowledge , it is that the glowing fleeceable careen has always been and was always expected to be their greatest failing . Now , it seems DC is ready to shake up the status quo .
DC Teases Jon Kent’s Kryptonite Training Arc Inspired byDragon Ball Z
Main Cover by Rafael Albuquerque forSuperman Unlimited#2 (2025)
Kaminski teases that Jon ’s journey may visually and perhaps even tonally resemble how Gohan trains alone in the mountains to grow stronger , though the exact contingent stay on vague . With Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque write the series , it will be interesting to see how they bring Kaminski ’s imaginativeness to lifetime on the page . There will no doubt demand to be some weighty lifting when it comes to factual exhibition , asJon ’s newfound invulnerability will have to be submit in a way that readers can interpret and believe . This will be a creative challenge give Kryptonite ’s long and storied history , but the payoff of a Kryptonian who is immune to Kryptonite could be massive .
Paul Kaminski : I really trust to construct out Jon in [ Superman outright ] . And … sometimes I have these like , they are less of story markers for people but more significantly like images to follow through on and one of the images I have on my point is Jon training on a mountain like Gohan to master Kryptonite and doing so somehow . So that ’s the end here is to like show this as an exploration of this family .
Superman UnlimitedSets the Stage for Jon to Defy Kryptonian Limits
Cover D Steve Beach Variant forSuperman Unlimited#2 (2025)
Superman Unlimitedprovides the pure backdrop for Jon ’s journey to get over Kryptonite , thanks to its high - stakes premise . Slott and Albuquerque ’s plot line get up the danger of Kryptonite like never before , with a massive asteroid showering Earth in the radioactive rock and roll . As a result , Kryptonite saturates the streets and criminal networks , placing Superman and his family ’s corking weakness into the hands of both petty outlaw and hefty villains . In this context , Jon ’s goal of attain Kryptonite exemption becomes not only relevant but essential .
If Jon succeed , he would become the first Kryptonian in principal continuity to fully protest Kryptonite , making him the only member of the Super - Family capable of operating freely during this global crisis . His resistance would instantly typeset him apart , reshaping the power dynamics of the Super - Family and positioning him as one of its most hefty appendage . This exploitation could even place Jon Kent above the Man of Steel himself , as a Kryptonian liberal from the very weakness that has define their limit for tenner .
Jon Kent’s Kryptonite Immunity Could Be His Greatest Feat Yet
Cover E Sebastián Fiumara Variant forSuperman Unlimited#1 (2025)
Jon Kent overcoming Kryptonite seems like an inconceivable feat , especially given that he has been portrayed as more vulnerable to it than his father . InSecret Six#2 by Nicole Maines and Stephen Segovia , for case , Deadshot hits Jon with a synthetic Kryptonite capsule , which now incapacitate him . Floyd notes that the capsule are n’t that strong and it would have taken multiple doses to contribute down Superman . Therefore , if Jon , who has a nifty sensitiveness to Kryptonite , can overcome this failing and become invulnerable to it , it would be a remarkable accomplishment . He would achieve something that evenSuperman , after decades of heroism , has not been able-bodied to do .
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED # 1is available May 21 , 2025 , from DC Comics !
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